Title:
Odetta : a life in music and protest
Author:
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Physical Description:
xi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780807035320
Abstract:
"The untold story of the woman whose music and afro inspired a generation, whose voice provided a soundtrack for the unfolding civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A voice like thunder -- From Birmingham to Los Angeles -- Straightened my back, kinked my hair -- The toast of New York -- Getting political -- The fuse is lit -- TV sensation -- That lovely Odetta...playing a murderess -- Enter Bob Dylan -- In the heart of Jim Crow -- March music -- The times they are a-changin' -- Freedom gets personal -- Hit or miss -- Blues everywhere I go -- "Who will be the Odetta of now?"
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
